[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47616-47617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19276]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-017]
Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's
Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in
Countervailing Duty Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: August 14, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Halle, AD/CVD Operations, Office
VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0176.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 14, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of certain
passenger vehicle and light truck tires (certain passenger tires) from
the People's Republic of China (PRC).\1\ Currently, the preliminary
determination is due no later than September 17, 2014.
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\1\ See Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the
People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty
Investigation, 79 FR 42285 (July 14, 2014).
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Postponement of the Preliminary Determination
Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
requires the Department to issue the preliminary determination in a CVD
investigation within 65 days after the date on which the Department
initiated the investigation. However, if a petitioner makes a timely
request for an extension in accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), section
703(c)(1)(A) of the Act allows the Department to postpone the
preliminary determination until no later than 130 days after the date
on which the Department initiated the investigation. Under 19 CFR
351.205(e), a petitioner must submit a request for postponement 25 days
or more before the scheduled date of the preliminary determination and
must state the reason for the request. The Department will grant the
request unless it finds compelling reasons to deny the request.\2\
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\2\ 19 CFR 351.205(e).
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The Department determines that the record supports postponing the
preliminary determination in this investigation. On July 25, 2014,
Petitioner \3\ submitted a timely request pursuant to section
703(c)(l)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e) to postpone the
preliminary determination, stating that the number and nature of the
subsidy programs under investigation would prevent the Department from
adequately examining them by the current deadline.\4\ Moreover, the
record does not present any compelling reasons to deny the request.
Therefore, in accordance with section 703(c)(l)(A) of the Act, the
Department is hereby postponing the due date for the preliminary
determination in this investigation to no later than 130 days after the
day on which the investigation was initiated. As a result, the deadline
for completion of the preliminary determination is now November 21,
2014.
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\3\ United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing,
Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union,
AFL-CIO-CLC.
\4\ See Letter from Petitioner, ``Certain Passenger Vehicle and
Light Truck Tires from the People's Republic of China--Petitioner's
Request to Extend the Deadline for the Preliminary Determination,''
July 25, 2014.
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This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(l).
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Dated: August 8, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-19276 Filed 8-13-14; 8:45 am]
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